prasinus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →prasinus, prasina, prasinum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
leek-green;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil. XXXIII Saepius ad palmam prasinus post fata Neronis pervenit et victor praemia plura refert..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...imitari et subinde dominum suum sponsione provocare si prasinus proximis circensibus primam palmam". [LXXI] Diffusus hac contentione Trimalchio..."